I have a M3 16GB Macbook Air coming today. I am assuming it will ship with Sequoia. Can it be downgraded to Sonoma?
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Can a new 16GB M3 Macbook Air run Sonoma?
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It *should* be able to because it's from a platform that shipped with Sonoma but...you never know. There could be something that prevents a downgrade.
Any particular reason why you want Sonoma? Sequoia has been great.
Any particular reason why you want Sonoma? Sequoia has been great.
Usually I wait till a .4 release to upgrade, but if Sequoia is great, maybe unnecessary to downgrade. Thanks!
M3 Airs were released with Sonoma, how is it not supported?
It actually came with Sonoma 14.6, so that answers the question.
If it ships with Sonoma, it's supported.
If it ships with Sequoia, then downgrading isn't officially supported (even though earlier M3s ran fine on Sonoma).
This is well-established policy; e.g. some MacBook Pro 2012s were sold for over 4 years. The earliest ones shipped with Mountain Lion and later with Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan... maybe even Sierra, not sure? Regardless - Apple wouldn't assist with installing anything earlier than it actually shipped with, even though it "would run" earlier versions.
The OP was asking if the hardware supported Sonoma, not whether Apple Support supported a downgraded machine. Fortunately, they got what they wanted with the minimum of fuss.